{"id":17437,"date":"2025-07-30T08:27:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/veteran-45-year-old-pitcher-rich-hill-designated-for-assignment-by-royals-marking-his-14th-mlb-team\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T08:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:27:04","slug":"veteran-45-year-old-pitcher-rich-hill-designated-for-assignment-by-royals-marking-his-14th-mlb-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/veteran-45-year-old-pitcher-rich-hill-designated-for-assignment-by-royals-marking-his-14th-mlb-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran 45-Year-Old Pitcher Rich Hill Designated for Assignment by Royals, Marking His 14th MLB Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals announced the signing of left-handed pitcher Rich Hill on Tuesday, just a week after the 45-year-old took the mound in his 21st major league season. Hill, who has pitched for 14 different teams\u2014tying the record held by Edwin Jackson\u2014posted a 0-2 record with a 5.00 ERA in two starts for Kansas City. The Royals also promoted right-hander Thomas Hatch from Triple-A Omaha ahead of their game against Atlanta. <\/p>\n<p>Hill\u2019s recent performance included allowing six hits over five innings in a 6-0 loss to the Chicago Cubs and starting another game against Atlanta, where he gave up six walks and four runs in four innings, ending in a 10-7 defeat. Making his MLB debut with the Cubs in 2005, Hill holds a career record of 90 wins and 76 losses with a 4.02 ERA in 388 games, including 250 starts.<\/p>\n<p>Fan Take: Rich Hill\u2019s longevity and experience bring a unique depth to the Royals\u2019 pitching staff, showcasing the resilience and dedication needed to sustain a lengthy MLB career. His journey through numerous teams illustrates the ever-evolving nature of baseball rosters and the constant search for veteran leadership, which can inspire both fans and younger players alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals announced the signing of left-handed pitcher Rich Hill on Tuesday, just a week after the 45-year-old took the mound in his 21st major league season. Hill, who has pitched for 14 different teams\u2014tying the record held by Edwin Jackson\u2014posted a 0-2 record with a 5.00 ERA in two starts for Kansas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[16],"class_list":{"0":"post-17437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}